Standard Bank has adopted a multi-vendor strategy for its ATM modernisation programme that will see new manufacturers added to its cash machine footprint across SA.

FNB has signed a R1.8-billion credit risk-sharing facility with the International Finance Corporation and raised a further R2.5 billion of funding from a social bond issued by its parent, FirstRand, as it looks to roll out loans for more SMEs.

Imports and the variety of food that is readily available create the false impression that consumers are exempt from the impacts of climate change on their access to food, writes Peter Johnston.

Prominent Nedbank board member and former Registrar of Banks, Errol Kruger, died at the weekend, the bank announced in a statement on Monday.

The planned tariffs will push up the cost of energy projects and could slow down the country’s investments in new generating capacity, possibly prolonging load shedding and keeping the economy shackled, writes Nick Hedley.

US President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday ordered the closure of a US agency that invested billions in African and other developing countries’ infrastructure in return for good governance, effectively ceding ground to China.

Athens’ first “micro-forest” is part of an initiative by recently elected mayor Haris Doukas to plant 5 000 trees annually in the thickly concreted city, to beat the heat.

SA will need to become a much more water-efficient country in the years ahead. The state can draw on lessons from the private sector for this, writes Nick Hedley.

Wandile Sihlobo explains why there is room for a deeper conversation about how South Africa could import more wheat from Ukraine.

Cape Town fintech firm Stitch, involved in the payment needs of the likes of MTN, Courier Guy, and Mr D, has announced another R1-billion funding round.

Gold rallied to a record as a fresh bout of US dollar weakness, criticism of the Federal Reserve by President Donald Trump and persistent trade war concerns underpinned haven demand.

Driven by a conviction that it could serve customers that traditional banking had left behind, fintech group Yoco now has over 200 000 active merchants and has played a big role in quadrupling the card machine market in SA over the last decade.

Some accommodation hosts have to deal with guests that end up stealing appliances and linen. Regular insurance policies are no help as they don’t cover hosts’ losses in cases of no forced entry.

Depending on your premium patterns, your long-term insurance could become unaffordable when you need it most. This is what you need to know, writes Maya Fisher-French.

Illegal cigarette sales deprive the country of at least R18 billion per year in tax revenue.This is much more than the estimated R14 billion that the state wants to collect through an increase in VAT.

When a company is teetering on the edge of financial distress, the board’s response—or lack thereof—can define its future, impacting not just shareholders but all stakeholders involved, says Eric Levenstein.

The pain, said Shuntaro Takeuchi, was 10 out of 10. Not in the portfolio of Japanese stocks he runs out of Palo Alto, California, but in his appendix.

The Matsamo Communal Property Association (CPA) now owns more than 14 000 hectares which they manage in cooperation with white farmers in a rare model of successful land reform.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration granted exclusions from steep reciprocal tariffs to smartphones, computers and some other electronics imported largely from China, providing a big break to tech firms like Apple that rely on imported products.

The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), whose future is in doubt since Donald Trump returned to the White House, provides duty-free access to the United States for certain African products.

Twenty-five years after Bill Clinton Africa an economic lifeline, how did a stroke of a pen expose the fragility of its economic fortunes? Africa has been caught in today’s global trade wars, but the trouble didn’t start today, says Khaya Sithole.